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Signs Of the Times
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With Massachusetts facing a growing epidemic of opioid addiction, the state’s Catholic bishops urged in a statement released on March 2 that action be taken to quell the epidemic. “The abuse and misuse of opioids has become a national and local epidemic.... On average, four people lose t
The stages of a green flash in Santa Cruz, California (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
Signs Of the Times
Jim McDermott
Reality has become like the green flash—readily demonstrable, yet still contested.
Signs Of the Times
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Pope Francis in his Palm Sunday homily on March 20 decried what he called indifference to the refugees flooding into Europe, making a comparison to authorities who washed their hands of Jesus’ fate before his crucifixion. The pope abandoned his homily text to lament Europe’s handling of
Signs Of the Times
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Imagine turning on the tap in the morning and seeing something that “looked like toilet water coming out of your faucet,” in the words of one Catholic leader. That’s been the reality facing thousands of residents of Flint, Mich., every day for more than a year. Now, imagine looking
Signs Of the Times
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On March 18 Vatican officials confirmed a papal visit to Armenia was “being studied” but denied that it had already been set for June 22-26. • The John Paul II Medical Research Institute in Iowa City is launching a research program to pursue treatments for a variety of rare, genetic
Women participate in an April 26 memorial service in San Salvador, El Salvador, for murdered environmental rights activist Berta Caceres Flores. (CNS photo/Jorge Cabrera, Reuters) 
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
Kevin Clarke
Friends, family members and activists associated with the slain Honduran Berta Cáceres are calling for an independent investigation into her killing through the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.